It came upon the inhabitants of Northern Pennsylvania as a monstrous apparition: a ghost-come-early for Halloween. What could it possibly be this 300 foot long, silvery sky-slug?
Relax folks. You were looking at a "joint land attack cruise missile elevated netted sensor"; a giant blimp designed to thwart an
imaginary attack against the American homeland.
By the time the giant blimp (which had broken from its tether) came to land it had destroyed miles of power lines and left 20,000 people without electricity. The only real attack on the American homeland. And an attack upon the taxpayer's wallet as well, at a mind- boggling cost of 2.7 billion dollars.
Someone once said that "the most abundant elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity". In this week's misbegotten venture we have been given the perfect combination of the two.
Jubilate.
Ian
